Top 10 secret walks

This list of secret walks has been carefully selected by our local experts. They wanted to share with you walks that offer a unique experience, whether a hidden viewpoint, newly accessible coastal paths or the story of an old legend. Choose from one of these trails and get closer to one of the places we care for.

The top ten secret discovery walks are available as individual downloadable PDFs.

A path, opened up for the Great British Walk, allows visitors to share a rare view of the front of Attingham House, previously reserved for privileged guests of the owners, the Berwick family, when they lived there.

Head into Grange Wood, a craggy wooded knoll above the village of Grange in the Borrowdale valley, and discover a landscape which made a lasting impression on fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. This circular walk will see you emerge from the trees to climb the summit of Castle Crag.

A love story between two of Erddig’s family servants has been brought to life in a walk taking in rarely visited parts of the estate. Retrace the footsteps of where the lovers met and see for yourself, through treasured mementoes, how romance blossomed.

The Giant's Ring is the largest henge in Ireland. It was built around the same time as Stonehenge and Avebury in 2,700BC, but its story is little known. This two-mile walk, starting from the car park, reveals a hidden side to the well-known city of Belfast, which lies less than three miles away.